Crash downs powerline in Lemon Grove

Driver arrested on suspicion of DUI

LEMON GROVE  A driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing a gray BMW into a power pole Sunday evening. The accident caused a power outage in part of Lemon Grove and temporarily trapped a second vehicle under the fallen wires.

Power in the area near Buena Vista and Central avenues is going to be shut down “until early hours of the morning,” said Lt. Scott Amos of the San Diego Sheriff’s Department.

San Diego Gas & Electric workers were on the scene after the crash, working to remove the drivers and repair the power lines, Amos said.

The crash happened in a residential neighborhood shortly before 6:10 p.m. at the Central and Buena Vista intersection. The second car, a Chrysler 300, was caught under the fallen wires. Both drivers were safely removed from their vehicles.